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THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DAY, LET'S DO THE THINGS WE NORMALLY DO (3/5) I'll let it pass and hold my tongue.

Matt took a few seconds to find his answer. "Okay, well then a fifth of the teapot."

I sighed as I peeled my banana. The problem with him was that he always wanted the last word...and so did I. "And how can you be sure that your bacteria will gather in your fifth of the teapot? Huh?"

He was about to reply again but we were interrupted by a third, slumbering voice. "Don't tell me you've woken me up because of a fucking teapot..."

"And good morning to you, Dom," Matt told a sleepy looking Dom, who'd just come out of his room, and thereby ended our little quarrel. "Or good afternoon may be more acurate..."

Dom yawned loudly and slumped down into a chair at the end of the table, between Matt and I. "Afternoon? What, already?"

Matt nodded. "Yeah. And let me clarify that I don't think it was the teapot that woke you. I'd rather bet on Jade expressing her jealousy...just a few minutes ago."

I was speechless for an instant. "What? ! What jealousy? !" Ending a hassle just to begin another one. A more embarrassing one. Yeah, that sounded like Matt.

"Well, the way you chucked out that poor girl...it wasn't really nice you know."

'If it wasn't nice then why are you smiling so brightly?'

I faced Dom, who was annoyingly smiling too, and explained: "it had nothing to do with jealousy. I just don't like it when strangers sleep at my place, I mean...our place, without me knowing it, that's all..."

Dom let out a theatrical gasp and covered his open mouth with three fingers. "What? Oh my Dog, strangers? At our place? Sacrilege!" he squeaked with a very weird accent.

Both of them burst out giggling and I pouted with real irritation. I didn't like being made a fool of.

It seemed that Matt could tell they had overstepped the mark. "Jade...don't be sulking, we're just joking," he said in a tone that, for the first time today, wasn't mocking.

But he'd have to do better than that. I stood up, still frowning, and left my- still non-eaten- banana on the table. "Thank you, for making my day begin so fucking pleasantly," I icely told them, before turning around.

"Wait! Where are you going?" Matt asked me.

'It's really none of your business, Matt.'

"I'm going back to bed."

'I'm going back to Jack, 'cause he doesn't spend his time annoying the shit out of me!'

I heard him scrap back his chair and I started to walk faster but he stood in front of me before I could enter the corridor that would have led me back to my bedroom. His hands were leaning on each side of the doorframe, blocking my path.

"Alright, I'm sorry. You don't have to go..." he softy pleaded.

I huffed and looked away, without answering.

"Oh c'mon Jade, he's asking you so nicely..." Dom said behind me after a minute.

"Did I ask you for anything? !" Matt and I answered in unison.

Dom grumbled, "...just trying to help out here..." more incomprehensible grumbling, "...you two would make a good match..."

But our sync had brought a smile on my lips and when I looked back at Matt I saw something that I hadn't seen in a long time. Sincerity. He was sorry.

Those eyes...I never allowed myself to look into them more than a few seconds...

I went back to my chair without a word, but my actions clearly said that I was forgiving him. Matt, contrariwise, didn't sit right away. Before he came back to the table, he made a detour to the kitchen in order to bring me a mug. And when he finally sat, he poured some tea in it for me. That was pretty cute. A nice, pampering Matt dancing attendance on me wasn't something I was used to.

I mumbled a 'thanks' and I knew I was blushing. Matt was smiling at me and for a moment we just stared at each other, completely forgetting about Dom, who was now pouting.

But not for long. Maybe because he wanted our attention back, maybe because he just couldn't pout more than five minutes in a row. After all, Dom was a born party-boy, he was the sun of this house, always optimistic, always in a good mood.

"So, Jade, if you don't like it when 'strangers' sleep over, you'll be glad to know that I put the two girls from last night in a cab no later than 6 am!" Dom proudly anounced.

I was still gazing at Matt but slowly my mind registered what Dom'd said and I raised an eyebrow at him. "Two girls? What two girls? Yesterday when we left, you were with one girl. Not two..."

Dom's cheeks reddened a little but I wasn't sure if it was because of embarrassment or...pride. "Well...let's just say that the girl from last night had a sister and..."

"AH!" I exclaimed as I covered my ears. "I don't wanna know about it! ! !" But I could still hear them.

"What, they were sisters? !" Matt asked.

"Twins," Dom specified.

"Twins? ! You dirty bastard..."

After sharing some details of the previous night, that I'm really not going to expose in here, they finally shut up.

"Gee, I'm feeling like I'm surrounded by perverts!" I said when I took my mug in my hands again.

Matt just chuckled and took a sip himself.

Dom snorted, "as if you and Jack had been little angels all night, tsk-tsk..."

I couldn't help it. I felt the heat spread on my face till it reached the tip of my ears. Matt suddenly choked a bit and I assumed it was because he had swallowed his tea the wrong way. Dom's eyes and mine flicked over to Matt but the latter was looking down. He mumbled a barely audible 'sorry' and moped up the few droplets that he'd spat out on the table with a tissue.

None of us spoke for a little while. The silence was interrupted when someone opened a door somewhere in the appartment. I heard footsteps that were heading towards the bathroom and when I glanced at the corridor's door I saw Jack walk by.

Dom had seen him too. "Are the girls still sleeping?" he asked.

I frowned, "the girls?"

"Yeah, Charlenne and Em'. You know, the two non-Dimies that live with us..." Dom said, teasing me again.

"Well, I think so," I answered.

"Mmmmm..." he mused, "funny that the last ones to get up are the only ones who didn't do any 'sport' last night..."

Matt, who'd been keeping silent since Dom's last remark, moved a bit and his best friend let out a loud cry of pain.

"Jesus, Matt! Ease off!" Dom said while he rubbed his knee where Matt had probably kicked him.

Matt didn't answer, in fact he was acting like he hadn't even heard Dom. Instead he started fiddling with his hair. "I'm tired of red," he finally stated. "What colour should I do next? I've already done black, blue, blond, red...maybe acid green. What do you think?" he asked Dom and I.

'Acid green? !'

"Er...maybe not..." I jabbered.

"Yeah...don't think it'd suit you..." Dom added.

Matt looked a bit miffed, "okay, then what colour?"

"I like blond," Dom offered, "but I happen to enjoy being the only blond of the band. So it's up to you really..."

Matt looked at me, "what about you Jade?"

'Is he really asking me for advice about his hair? Well, that's a first...'

I studied him for a while. I liked red, it was a colour that really complimented him. But I remembered the jet black that he'd been wearing the first time we'd met...

"I think I miss the old black."

Matt gave me his usual smirk, "conventional. That's what I said."

I smiled back. "Not conventional...classical. And not in every domains."

When we were done with our 'breakfasts', the three of us gathered in the kitchenette to wash the few dishes we'd used. And even once we'd put away everything, we stayed there and kept on chatting. Long enough for the girls to emerge.

I was very pleased when both of them sided with me about the subject of outsiders sleeping in our living-room.

"Why didn't you let him sleep in your bedroom? !" Charlenne blamed Dom. "I mean, it's not like it would have been the first time you two ever slept in the same bed..."

"I didn't know!" Dom defended himself. "I didn't think he wasn't gonna let her sleep on the couch..."

"Ah, but Matt can be such a gentleman sometimes...when he wants to," Emily said from the other end of the room.

Just when Matt smiled back, Jack came into the room. Some happy 'good-morning's were echanged and then he came by my side. Most of the others weren't paying any attention to us, so we shared a quick kiss. His hair were still slightly damp and he smelt delicious after-shave. I hooked my index finger into the neck of his t-shirt and was about to pull him close again. But Matt, who'd been sitting on the kitchen counter not far from us, jump onto his feet and so reminded me that Jack and I weren't alone right now...

"I'm sloping off," Matt declared. "I'll go to Jimmy's before it's overcrowded." Jimmy being his favorite hairdresser.

Dom nodded. "Alright, I'll see yo-"

But Matt had already disappeared through the front door.

title: 'Let's Do The Things We Normally Do' - Dido + 'White Flag' - Dido

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